MSc Thesis Memories (from FB wall to Blog)

I miss the Supers and their special way of answering me whenever I call them...
SuperD: What's the matter? Is there a problem?
Super1: How is it going?
Super2: Yes, (followed by my full name)?
SuperC: Yes? Tell me...
(and my favorite line) SuperB: Yes, princess?

My supervisor has just called me to make sure that I'm NOT in the lab...I'm banned from doing any labwork until February and I hate it :'(

Will you look for me again, hold my hand and say "no, don't go..just stay here with me"? I love my lab :P hahaha

had a wonderful day in Brussels with Sekina and Francis - the best guy to go shopping with ;-)

Highlights of the Day at the Kindergarten Lab: Sekina made me cry, Supervisor D gave me a dead ladybug as peace offering; I succeeded in bribing Supervisor 2 with chocolate so he won't be mad at me for being late; Supervisor 1 started calling me his "My one and only thesis student" which made me think he has forgotten my name; and I helped Pol rummage through the trash to find his missing samples ;P hahaha

An example of a nonsense conversation...
Supervisor1: Do you have a boyfriend?
Me: No
Supervisor1: Do you want one?
Me: Nope, I want two! :P
Supervisor1: Seriously, do you have a boyfriend?
Me: Nope
Supervisor1: Why?
Me: Why not?! :P

He finally gave up and changed the topic :)) hahaha

Thank you for holding my hand (even though you had to trick me to do it), for the bike ride (I really had fun despite the cold wind), and for the dinner (2 kinds of soup, chicken, egg omelet, sour and spicy potato, caramel ice cream and yoghurt)...I am truly blessed with great friends!

Me asking my supervisors: Do you want some coffee?
Sexiest Asst. Professor: I want coffee...
Me: Ok, you should go to the kitchen and make one for yourself :P (Supervisor1 couldn't stop laughing) hahaha

Supervisor1: I want you to reduce this to 25 pages or less
Me: Yes, Sir
Supervisor1: I'm not your "Sir"!
Me: Should I call you "Ma'am"?
Supervisor1: No, just call me Dad :P

Supervisor1: I'm going to invite you to dinner one of these days. My wife is a very good cook!
Me: Really? That's great, can I have dinner with you everyday? :))

Me: Supervisor2, where is Supervisor1?
Supervisor2: I don't know, he should be home from the conference by now...hmm, maybe he got deported :)) (I taught you well, Supervisor 2! hahaha)

Me: I'm going home, see you!
Supervisor1: Ok, see you on Friday with your paper.
Supervisor2: and I'll see you in the lab on Thursday for sample extraction.

- The joy of having two thesis supervisors :))

Metabolomics of Medicinal Plants: The Importance of Multivariate Analysis of Analytical Chemistry Data...Dear Santa, I want the full text version of this article for Christmas! :)

Inspired to do good because you called ;) Thanks, Jacob!

Quotable Quotes:
1) "No, but you can just sit there and sing to amuse me" (After asking Pol if he needed help in weighing his samples..and no, I didn't sing, I didn't want to ruin his day)
2) "I'm going to give you two chocolates if you can bring me two magnetic stirrers" (I will get the chocolates on Monday :P hahaha)
3) "You're not taking the HACCP course, right?" (After missing two sessions, my classmates have started doubting that I'm actually enrolled in the course :P hahaha)

we have perfect timing ;)

is playing hide and seek :P

Thor vs Hercules...because Thor just had to touch my hair while exclaiming "Oh my God, you have very nice, shiny, silky soft hair!" and Hercules just wanted to protect me from Thor :))

I think I'm the girl in this song... I just woke up from a journal-article-induced sleep! :))

woke up from a 10-hour sleep to a weekend where I don't have to go to the lab...today, I just need to read more articles, start writing my paper, organize my course notes, clean my room, do the laundry, etc, etc. I'm going to have so much fun! hahaha (Vu Thi Hang, lets have a walk later?) :)

Another great day in the lab...
Supervisor: Realm, I need you to weigh exactly 10mg of this (giving me a bottle of lactate powder)
Me: EXACTLY 10mg? I'm only human, you know :P
Supervisor: Ok, just weigh it...
After about a minute, lo and behold, I got exactly 0.0100g of the powder in the eppendorf tube, so I called my supervisor so he can see the analytical balance...
Supervisor: You are a very good student, I'm going to give you 21/20! :))

Thank you so much for the scarf, Hang! You were right, it was so cold :)

I really like this song...it captures what I'm feeling right now plus you get to say "damn" a lot :P

Me: What time would you like me to report tomorrow?
Supervisor: Can you come around 7AM?
Me: Are you kidding me?
Supervisor: Yes :P

three prayers answered out of four...it was a good day! :)

Thank you for making me feel so special! I ♥ my MeBioS Lab (supervisors, technicians, promoters and all) :)

it is because of you that I yearn for Mondays :)

Me to our Lab Tech: So, do you really think that you're Chuck Norris?
Lab Tech: No, I don't even like Chuck Norris
Me: Ok, how about MacGyver?
Lab Tech: Yeah, I think MacGyver is better than Chuck Norris :))
My Supervisor to our Lab Tech: I'm sorry, she really ask a lot of questions :P

worked out a barter system with my neighbor...fresh chicken eggs from his lab in exchange for tomatoes from my lab :))

This made my day...
Supervisor1: You're so funny, I told my wife about you!
Supervisor2: No, she's not funny, she's "interesting"
Me: Why am I "interesting"?
Supervisor2: You make everybody happy :)

A large box arrived in the lab today and Supervisor D had to sign the receipt. Me: What's inside the box? Supervisor D: It's none of your business. Me: Ok, fine... (A few minutes later) Supervisor D struggling under the weight of the box: Can you please help me open the door? Me: Oh? So sorry, I can't help you, it's none of my business! :P hahaha

Kidus! She accepted my friend request :)

2 more hours of solitude in the lab then I will be free for the weekend or what's left of it :)

"Don't dare a Belgian to ignore you, we are experts in this field" - from the boy who ignored me for two days because of a stupid joke that I made :P

Arima, remember this? Change the word "place" to "lab"...this is my theme song now, maximum of 12hrs a day, 7 days a week :P hahaha

Today, Hang discovered my special power...I have the ability to induce a smile even from the most "feared" person in the lab :P

and please deliver me from liquid nitrogen burns, forever and ever, AMEN :)

worked from 3 til 8PM on my first day in the lab...if my supervisor hadn't insisted that I go home already, I would have stayed there til midnight hahaha :)